CVE-2017-7609

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

elf_compress.c in elfutils 0.168 does not validate the zlib compression factor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file.

elf_compress.c en elfutils 0.168 no valida el factor de compresión zlib, lo que permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (consumo de memoria) a través de un archivo ELF manipulado.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-04-09 CVE Reserved
2017-04-09 CVE Published
2023-08-25 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-05 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-__libelf_decompress-elf_compress-c	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html	2018-06-07
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10	2018-06-07
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1	2018-06-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Elfutils Project Search vendor "Elfutils Project"		Elfutils Search vendor "Elfutils Project" for product "Elfutils"				0.168 Search vendor "Elfutils Project" for product "Elfutils" and version "0.168"		-		Affected